Glider



July 14, 1925. 1,546,169

R. DOOLEY GLIDER Filed Jan. 2, 1925 W l'i l W ff fr Patented July 14,1925.

UNITED STATES RICHARD DOOLEY, F MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

GLIDER.

Application filed January 2, 1925. Serial No. 143.

To all whom it 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, RICHARD DooLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Meriden, in the county of New I-Iaven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gliders; andI do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

F ig. 1 a side view of a glider constructed in accordance with myinvention, and shown in position in the lower face of a metal support.

Fig. 2 an underside view of the same.

Fig. 3 a sectional View of the support, with the glider removed.

Fig. l a. sectional view of the glider detached.

This invention relates to improvement in gliders, that is, devicesapplied to the legs of furniture, in place of casters, to permit thefurniture to bc readily moved. These gliders (have been provided withprongs adapted to be driven into wooden legs, but it is desirable toprovide metal furniture with gliders, and the object of this inventionis to proif'ide a glider which may be readily applied to metalfurniture, and the invention consists in the construction as will behereinafter' described and particularly recited in the claim.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a plate 5, substantiallyrectangular, and in the center I form a depression 6, which provides acorresponding projection 7 upon the outer surface and which projectionforms a bearing. The opposite edges 8 and 9 of the plate are turnedupward and bent toward each other, and adapted to enter undercut groovesl0 and l1 in the under-face of metal supports l2, the grooves 10 and 11entering through one edge of the support, so that the glider may bereadily positioned.

If necessary, the plate 5 may be formed with a perforation 13 for thereception of a pin, by which the plate may be locked in position,although usually the device will stay in place by friction, as there ismore or less spring to the edges 10 and 11 of the plate.

This device provides a glider' adapted particularly for metal furniture.

A glider, comprising` a metal plate having two straight ends, the edgesof which are parallel, said plate formed with a downwardly-projecting,centrally-arranged mounting-surface, and the two straight ends of theplate turned upward and inclined toward each other substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD DOOLEY.

Witnesses:

RUTH E. PAYNE, LUCY M. I-IENRICH.

